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Borneo Divers/Borneo Divers Mabul Resort.: "Borneo Divers Mabul Resort and Sukau Rainforest Lodge", Apr, 2024, by Henry O Ziller, CO, US ( Top Contributor 38 reports with 21 Helpful votes). Report 12960 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
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Comments	Mabul Resort – Borneo Divers. This trip included diving in Borneo with Borneo Divers – Mabul Resort, and touring Borneo with Sukau Rainforest Lodge to see their big 5, crocodile, proboscis monkey, rhinoceros hornbill, Asian pigmy elephant, and orangutan. Getting to Borneo requires multiple flights from Denver, CO. We used United to San Francisco to Singapore, then Singapore to Kula Lumpur. We stayed two nights at the JW Marriott in Downtown Kuala Lumpur to shake off jet lag. Then Malaysia Air to Tawau. Malaysia Air allows 30 kg in checked luggage and did not weigh carry-on, but says it allows 15 kg. At Tawau airport we were greeted by Mabul staff and went by van to Semporna. That took 1.5 hours. Then we were greeted by other Mabul staff and boarded their comfortable boat for the 45-minute ride to the resort. Everyone riding in the boat was required to wear a life jacket. All the boat rides in Borneo require a life jacket except when diving. At the resort dive equipment is taken to the dive storage room where you place it in a plastic box. After you check-in at the resort your room number is marked on a bin in the dive storage room, and you place your box there. Our other luggage was handled by staff all the way to our King Chalet. The four staff members that were handling our luggage hung around in our room apparently waiting for a tip. I finally gave them 20 ringgits, which is about $5 USD. They did not look happy. Further inquiry with management stated that they are paid a regular wage. We were assigned number 133, the chalet closest to the pier leading to the dive shop. Our chalet had air conditioning and a fan. The room is quite large with a king-size bed, desk and chair. The bathroom had a shower, sink, and toilet. We always had plenty of hot water. Sliding glass doors opened to a large deck with a table and two chairs and a large drying rack. Electrical outlets are two round plug types. All meals were buffet style with typic ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Borneo Divers Borneo Divers Mabul Resort.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Throughout the Caribbean and Central America, Hawaii, Micronesia, Indonesia, Philippines, Maldives, Tanzania/Zanzibar, Australia, Malaysia, and Fiji.
Closest Airport	Tawau	Getting There	Denver to SanFrancisco to Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to Tawau. Sandakan back to Kuala Lumpur.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, rainy	Seas	calm, currents, no currents
Water Temp	85-86°F / 29-30°C	Wetsuit Thickness	0
Water Visibility	30-40 Ft/ 9-12 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Depth and time
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
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Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
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Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	I only used a small point and shoot camera. There was a bucket on the boat. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Borneo Divers/Borneo Divers Mabul Resort. in Malaysia/Borneo

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Dive Review of Borneo Divers/Borneo Divers Mabul Resort. in
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